Omaha daily bee., 1887-12-30
COMPLAINTS OF SHIPPERS.
Alleged Double-Deal on the Part
of the Elkhorn.
OTHER BOARD PROCEEDINGS
Case ofthe Farmers Union-Consider.
ing a Uniform Distance Tariff
Trouble at West Lincoln
state House Notes.
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FROM THE BEE IlNtobN bthEhtsI
Mr.. G. ID. Prindle, who shipped q car load
Of emigrant's goods from Crawford to Lin
coin, contracted for the shipment at Craw-
ford for $6i. Arriving at Lincoln the agent
here collected SIG extra Commissioner UT,
of the Lincoln freight bureau, called the at
tention of Freight Agent Morehouse to the
extra charge over the contract, and the latter
writes to the board of transportation stating
that the contract price was made by mistake
below the tariff rate and asking permission
of the board TO refund the extra charge,
which In reality makes q cut rate 10 the
shipper.
]. IL. Gurney, county attorney of Antelope
county, writes to the board OF transportation
that the Fremont, Elkhorn e. Missouri Valley
crossings throughout the county are in poor
condition, that the road supervisors in the
county complain that many of them are
almost impossible, and the county calls upon
the board TO have the company remedy the
existing defects.
G. H. Crawford, Of Detroit, asks the board
TO assist him in finding railroad contractor
in the state named Holden. Crawford is in
H. H. Hyde, of Spring Ranch, Clay county,
files complaint against the Kansas City 81
Omaha railroad in regard to deficient
crossings for his accommodation.
General Manager Holdrcge has written the
board stating that tariff TO junction points
in Nebraska had been made by the road to
confer with the reduction of December 20,
and that similar reductions to local points
were in course Of preparation
Mr.. G. Plantz, of North Bend, complains to
the board that the Union Pacific road re-
fusesto grant him a site for an elevator ac
North Bend, stating that there are only two
elevators there and both are operated by ono
firm. Mr.. Plantz asks the board if the town
q
The board yesterday filed the time for
hearing the Lisco complaint against the
Union Pacific for January 3, at Clarks and
fixed the time for hearing the complaint con-
corning road bed and crossings at Adams
station for January 5, at the rooms of the
board in Lincoln.
The Farmers union of Oakland, Burt
county, has filed the following complaint
with the board Of transportation:
Now comes the Farmers union, q corpora
ton under the laws of the state, for the pur-
pose Of buying, handling and shipping grain
from Oakland Burt county, Nebraska, and
complains Of the Chicago, st. Paul, Min
heapolis & Omaha railroad, the only line of
railroad operating through Oakland, and the
only line over which petitioners can ship
their grain and corn; that on the 18th day OF
December, 1887, II. j. Jaynes, superintend-
ent Of said railway, issued the following or
der:
Give the elevators preference until they
are relieved. (Signed) H. l. J.
Your petitioners have no elevator in Oak
land but load their cars from wagons by
shoveling in the cars from wagons beside the
tracks. Your petitioner also shows that as
soon as they can secure a site convenient for
their business, they intend to build an eleva-
tor. Your petitioner further shows that 1t
has repeatedly demanded cars from said rail-
way company for the purpose Of ioading and
been refused when the elevators had
all the cars they needed. That
on December % ana %, 1887, your petitioner
demanded cars from said company and were
refused cars, hpt your petitioner shows 1t
was not from lack of cars. for the three Gle
vators in Oakland have had all the cars they
required.
Your petitioner further shows that it owns
warehouse that contains about z, 900 bushels
Of grain; that said warehouse is now full and
your petitioner ID prevented from buying corn
by reason of being unable to secure cars in
which to ship the corn in The warehouse. and
= greatly hampered and damaged in the trans
action Of Its business. Your petitioner has
been greatly damaged by reason of said pref
erence aforesaid In that it has been unable Ia
buy corn and has turned of and sent to the
elevator men about 10000 bushels Of corn
which 1t could have bought but for the rail
way refusing to give 1t the necessary cars
and your petitioner has been damaged in the
sum of $500
Your petitioner therefore prays that YOU
compel the said railway to furnish sufficient
cars to ship It's grain, and that said railroad
be compelled to pay petitioner the damage
sustained.
THE FARMERS UNION,
BY John p. Anderson, president.
The board will, at meeting in its Office at
Lincoln on the 5th Of January next, have
under consideration proposition to abol
ish all distributing tariffs and re
quire all freight business arising ant
Terminating in the state to be conducted
upon one uniform distance tariff; and in com
putting distance, the shortest line by rail be
tween the place Of shipment and destination
whether over the same or connecting lines
shall be used Us the basis of rates, though
such shipments may be made over the line
The board state that they will be pleased T.
hear the views at that time Of any interested
person upon the subject.
The secretaries of the board of transporta
tiOn met yesterday to consider the question
OF the reduction of the local rates in the stat
IN conformity with recent reductions IL
through rates from Chicago to Missouri rive
points 1t was stated, when the resolution
Tor the meeting to consider rates was passed
that representatives of the road would b
present and that representatives of boards o
trade would be called in, but it was though
best for the secretaries to formally agrc
upon reductions and the plan Of work an
then the question was TO be considered at
regular meeting of the board when the par
ties interested will be represented. The mex
regular meeting OF the board occurs o
lHuTSudS uext WneH tne formal uCtlOn OF Tn
board will be considered. Yesterday tn
secretaries were engaged in discussing tn
plans OF reductions ana the basis upon whic
they would act Secretary Of State Laws @
the board, has prepared q local distance tarii
that was before the secretaries, TIL
intention Of this tariff il to do ava
with the present local distributing tariff an
have only the local distance tariff in tn
state. This new local distance tariff will, o
an average, reduce the present local dstanc
tariff in existence from 20 to twenty five pc
cent. Secretary Ages, of the board, has ais
prepared now local distance tariff for tn
state that is much in the same line as the on
prepared by Mr. Laws and from the two tn
board will evidently formulate one that
effect will cover a reduction as above mel
toned. The secretaries will evidently col
slider carefully the question Of the abolitio
OF the distributing tariff which, in its effec
tends to the assistance of commercial centre
local distance tariff only having the effect
equalizing every point in the state III
secretaries in considering the new tariff wi
meet from day to day until their findings al
formulated ready for adoption by the boar
itself.
LOSING A PACKING HOUSE.
1t Is evident that West Lincoln Is losing,
has practically lost, the largest of its tw
packing houses, the one built by Silberhor
q Company OF Chicago, and known as Pacl
tng House No. .. Some two weeks since II
house stopped work and buying, and yeste
day the Nebraska Stock Yards company, III
proprietors of West Lincoln, secured a wr